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Re: New to the area!

I'm In S. Chandler. Takes me an hour to get to Bartlett. Not that bad. Good lake to beach launch and tune motors.

Pleasant is also about an hour away. Further drive up 17 but all freeway. Huge lake with plenty of beach launching. Most of us PWC racers use the far North boat launch...you can beach launch but there is also a boat launch there.

Saguaro is close but small. The lake is small and the parking lots are small. In the summer time, it fills up and you have to wait up the road in a parking lot until others leave. So basically get there before 8 AM if you want to get in.

With the new 202 freeway, Canyon is about 45 min's. Not sure what that "weird people" at Canyon comment was about. It is probably the most beautiful lake here in the Valley. Only have boat launch launching, no beach launch. Sometimes in the summer, on weekends, the lots fill up and you can't get in.

If you trek up the Apache trail past Canyon, there is Apache lake. It is fairly big and never crowded. Just past Canyon, the road turns to gravel...maintained but very dusty. If you are squeamish about dirt roads and shear cliffs, maybe not a trip for you.

Lastly there is L. Roosevelt. It is "North" or upstream from Apache. Huge lake. Right now 50% full. Something like 3,500 feet so getting up there in elevation where 2 stroke performance will take a hit. It's a long haul for a day trip but OK if camping. Either Apache Trail or 60 out towards Globe.

Re: New to the area!

Originally Posted by MrSki

With the new 202 freeway, Canyon is about 45 min's. Not sure what that "weird people" at Canyon comment was about.

lol. Its tiny, usually packed from top to bottem with people along the beaches, the road to and from it sucks very badly [and keeps getting worse!] and the people who drive it do so at a ridiculously slow pace. So to me anyone who actually enjoys going there is weird. Saguro is closer and less crowded. Never had a problem getting in too without a trailor behind me.

Re: New to the area!

Yes you will have to wade through the crowds in the summer. At Canyon a couple weeks ago, plenty of parking, very few people, had a whole cabana with 2 tables to ourselves, lake was like glass and it is a beautiful place. So call me weird...been called worse so that's not too bad to me.

Re: New to the area!

Welcome to the Valley of the Sun!Pleasant is also about an hour away. Further drive up 17 but all freeway. Huge lake with plenty of beach launching. Most of us PWC racers use the far North boat launch...you can beach launch but there is also a boat launch there.